Stock-car



H. O; HICKS.

(No Model.)

STOCK GAR.

Patented July 10, 1883-.

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STOCK-CAR.

SPECIFIGATIONfor-ming part of Letters Patent No. 281,067, dated July 10, 1883.

' Application filed March 11, 1883. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, HENRY O. HIoKs, of

lowing specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view of a box-car with my movable partition. is a transverse sectional view of the same.

The object of my invention is to construct movable partitions or stalls for bozo-cars, to provide for the shipment of stock, and to facilitate loading or unloading, or, in case the cars are used for any other purpose, to so arrange the ear that the bars may be placed out of the way altogether.

To this end the ear is built in the customary manner, with doors and openings as usual. Extending transversely across the car, and at a little distance beneath the roof, and at suitable distances apart, are transverse shafts B, journaled to the side of the car, having a handwheel, C, firmly fixed thereto. On each end of the shaft, within the car, near the side, is a sprocket-wheel, D, fastened securely to the shaft. Directly forward on the right, and ina horizontal line with the sprocketwheel D, is a grooved pulley, E, journaled to the side of the car. On a vertical line below the sprocket-wheel, near the floor of the car, is a grooved pulley, F, also journaled to the side of the car. Just below the sprocketwheel, and a little to the right of it, in a vertical line with the face of the pulley E, is a grooved pulley, G, also journaled to the side of the ear. The sprocketwheel D and the grooved pulley Ell G are all on the same plane. An endless chain, H, extends from the wheel D over and around the pulley E, then back over the pulley G and down around the pulley F, thence upto the sprocket-wheel D, thus providing an endless chain. Both sides of the car are similarly provided with sprocket- 'wheels and grooved pulleys carrying the endless chain.

I I represent bars,preferably made of wood, although metal may be used. These bars extend from the chain on one side to the chain on the other side. The bars are attached to the chain in any suitable manner; but since the attachment of the same forms no part of the present invention, no specific form of Fig. 2

fastening is shown. It will be observed that thebars should be so attached to the chains that they will not interfere with the sprocket D and pulley E when the bars are elevated. About five or six ofthese bars, from six to eight inches apart, will suffice for each partition or stall. On either side. of the ends of the bars I I, and fastened to the sides of the car with bolts or rivets, are the guidepieces J, being a sufficient distance apart to allow of a free movement to the bars. If desired, the sprocket-wheel D may have an annular V- shaped groove, so that a rope can be used in place of a chain, to which the partition-bars are fastened; but the sprocket-wheel is preferable. The bars I I being lowered and in position, when it is desired to fill the cars with stock, the wheel 0 is employed, which acts on the shaft B and turns the sprocket-wheel D; this in turn acts on the endless chain, and turns the bars up and over the sprocketwheel D and pulley E, bringing the bars up close to the roof and out of the way. \Vhen the car is filled with stock that are to be divided, by employing the hand-wheel O, the shaft B, and

-the sprocket-wheel D, which acts upon the endless chain, the bars I are reversed and forced down between the cattle. When it is desired to unload the car in part or in bulk, the bars are turned up beneath the roof. In this position the car may be used for lumber or other freight.

. I am aware that it is not broadly new to use flexible partitions in stoclecars.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a stock-car, the shaft B and sprocketwheels D, arranged near the upper and lower parts or sides, combined with pulleys E, F, and G and endless chain H, to which transverse slats I are attached, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the transverse shafts and sprocket-wheels and pulleys carrying the HENRY O. HICKS.

Witnesses:

J OHN M. WILLIAMs, Bonn C. HIoKs. 

